Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9938/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The application belonging to the Herd Number quoted commenced on 1 November 2011. Payment issued for the 2011-2014 Scheme years.

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue.  The application of the person named was also selected for an on-farm inspection which took place on the 3 July 2015.  During this inspection non-compliances with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme were noted in relation to the Traditional Hay Meadow and Species Rich Grassland action which resulted in a penalty being incurred.  The application will now be processed on the basis of the inspection findings and payment in respect of the 2015 Scheme year, less penalty, will issue at the earliest opportunity.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9939/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 September 2010. Payment issued for the 2010-2014 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As all AEOS 1 participants were receiving their final payments under the scheme, re-checks on payments made for all scheme years were completed before final payment was processed. These checks resulted in a reduction in payment and a claw-back of overpayments. Payment minus these deductions in respect of the 2015 Scheme year issued in two parts, as required: - 85% on 29 April 2015 and the remaining 15% on 3 May 2015.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has no record of receiving an AEOS application for the person named. An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 20 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s pre-payment validation checks for the 2015 part-year payment. The Department is continuing to investigate these issues including the correction of any IT or data issues with a view to all these remaining cases meeting the payment validation checks so that they will be paid the full amount of their 2015 part-year payment at the same time the 2015 GLAS balancing payment is due to issue.